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PAGE 6 MAY DAN RICHARDSON, PUBLISHER SAM LOWRY, REPORTER GREG SKINNNER, REPORTER A OF PUBUCAT NS, INC.. ANDREW J. MCNAB, PRESIDENT -r~/ GOOD HI,WE IS-- RI INFORCI /W -NT$ ARE FINALLY ON TH'WAY! TH' BAD HI~WS IS -- WI~'RI~ An letter to Bush Dear President Bush: Iraq is starting to look grim. You took us to war under false pretenses -- or, at least, without the strictest adherence to solid evidence that there were, in fact, weapons of mass destruction. Maybe that's forgivable. Maybe you really believed it - or that there were other, pressing reasons for war. But, of course, we know now there were no WMD. We have found our- selves bogged down in a slugfest, and many of our people are getting killed there. Maybe that's forgivable, too. It's the nature of war that people are going to get killed in combat. But what's really telling is your apparent unwillingness to face the facts, and tell us the truth ("Faluja returning to normal," you said, as our aircraft escalated attacks there last week, and our commanders were seeking a way out.) That's unacceptable in a commander-in-chief. Then recently, I and others received word from a friend that her unit is short of basic supplies, like soap and socks. She's one of the thousands who have just had their tours extended by four months, after more than a year in country. That tears it, Mr. President. You've played fast and loose with the facts, and appear to duck your head in the sand when the facts get ugly. You've not significantly reinforced our troops when the insurgency got serious - for what appears like public relations reasons (more troops would make it look like you and your boys didn't have everything under control). Perhaps worst of all, you've not seen to it that tho~se troops are being taken care of. That's unacceptable. Do the job right, no matter what it takes. Send in enough people to get the job done. Send in the supplies to keep them well-stocked. Then, get them the hell out of there. I was one of the people giving you the benefit of the doubt, for months. Now, I just have doubts. --- Dan Richardson Lap tops essential for flying "That's what I need," I thought. "Two Toshiba laptops, $220 each," the ad said. "Internet ready." I should have a cell phone, too, I guess. If I had a laptop and a cell phone I could go to the airport and make a total fool of myself. The The first thing I would do when my plane land- ed is call my wife on the cell phone. "Hello, yes the Back plane just landed. I should be down at the baggage Forty claim in a few minutes," I'd say. "I know that," my wife answers. "I'm only three ©2004 Roger Pond ~, behind you." ~l~rlat s: What ~:do ~aitlt their cell phones these days. They call to report their airplane has landed, the french fries are cold, or the weather is sup- posed to be hotter tomorrow than it was today. The last time I was in an airport ninety percent of the passengers had their cell phones out chatting about who knows what. It's like being stuck on an elevator with a bunch of evangelists! How did we get by before we had cell phones? Just fine, as I remember it. Then, after I get done with my cell phone call I could send email with my laptop. That's what folks do on airplanes: Send email. Here I am with my little note pad and a pencil, while everyone else has their laptop out -- checking their email. If I had one of those Toshibas adver- tised in the paper I could send email to my friends. If I had any friends. The security people always look at my little carry-on bag and ask, "Is that a laptop?" "I wish it were," I tell them. "It's just two baloney sandwiches and a pick- le." The last time I traveled by air my flights were pretty well messed-up, and I got bumped up to first class. That was a new experience for me. I've always wondered what folks do up there behind that curtain. The guy seated next to me was vice president of marketing for a major league baseball team. Not only did he have a laptop; he had aprogram on it that designs buildings. The structure he was working on was a new domed stadium for the baseball team. The stadium was beautiful. The dome folded back so the fans had a view of the stars when it wasn't raining. Then, with a few dicks on the laptop the dome folded over the field. So there I sit with no laptop, no cell phone, and no idea of any buildings I would like to design. I could remember some of the hog sheds we worked on years ago. They had folding tops, too, but they were a lot smaller. Just as I was about to take out my note pad and pencil, I thought, "No, there's no point in showing off. Maybe I'll just take a nap." THE GOLDENDALE SENTINEL OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER FOR GOLDENDALE AND KLICKITAT COUNTY, WA ESTABLISHED 1879 • PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY FROM OFFICES AT 117 W. MAIN ° GOLDENDALE, WA 98620 TELEPHONE (509) 773-3777 ° FAX (509) 773-4737 EMAIL: (NEws) SENTINEL@GORGE.NET OR (ADS, COMMUNITIES, HOMETOWN) GSENTINEL@GORGE.NET OR (EDITORIAL) GSPUBLIsHER@GORGE.NET THE GOLDENDALE SENTINEL STAFF KAREN HENSLEE, CLASSIFIEDS, JOBWORK &PRINTING AMY WALKER, GRAPHIC DESIGN HELMUT ADLER, ADVERTISING SALES & CIRCULATION Deadllnes: Subscriptions: Display Advertising: 5 p.m. 1 Year, 2 Years Classified Advertising: Noon Goldendale - Carrier $22, $37 Monday In Klickitat County - $29, $52 Legal Notices: 10 a.m. Tuesday Outside KlickJtat County - $38, $70 News and Letters: Noon Friday USPS 2213-6000 WEEKLY. Pedodical postage paid at Goldendale Post Office, Goldendala, Wash. 98620. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Goldendale Sentinel, 117 W. Main St. Goldendale, WA 98620-9526. oldendale en|inel ~,2:: RS FROM THE C MUN There are two sides to Lyle school story To the Editor: Regarding your April 22 article, "Lyle parents, school officials at odds over principal's future." As Mr. Jellum pointed out, there are two sides to every story. Ms. Rempe states she believes the problems began last summer when she "questioned" certain financial things Mr. Huffman did. To the contrary, Ms. Rempe did not question things. Instead, in the manner of someone whose agenda is to cause trouble, she "looked into" financial matters, then pel2ae- trated the misconception that there was a conflict of interest created by Mr. Huffman being superintendent and principal at Dallesport Elementary where our district's Title I funds are. Our district's Title I funds used to be at both locations. Prior to Mr. Huffman coming to our district, the school board decided to con- centrate those funds at the lower grade levels. This is due to studies showing that the earlier reading difficulties are addressed, the bet- ter the success rate. Mr. Huffman inherited setup. He did not create it. • In fact, long before Ms. Rempe began mis- Mr. Huffman construing inform a-inherited this tion,HuffmanMr, setup. He did asked me to not create ,,"*. look into the process of becoming a schoolwide Title I program. His desire was for us to become a dis- trict-wide program, as he was interested in being able to use some of the Title I monies at the upper levels. As for Ms. Rempe, feeling the high school was "not being looked out for," had she looked at the his- tory, she would have seen that dif- ferent monies go different places. For instance, more money was spent remodeling the high school building than was spent building an entirely new elementary school. While the grade school was strug- gling for basic building needs, the high school had excess. This is just the way things go sometimes. I have no knowledge of the rea- sons for Ms. Rempe not being rehired. However, from my point of view, it looks like she is not interested in bettering our school district, but has an agenda to dis- credit Mr. Huffman and the school board. The school board is comprised of elected persons, many who have been voted in time and again. If people don't feel they are being represented, why do they continue to reelect them? They are not "in Mr. Huffman's back pocket," but intelligent individuals who obvi- ously see Ms. Rempe's trouble- making style. Mary Marvel Dallesport Thank you to vival gear. But even more im Toastmasters national the appropriate for To the Editor: abroad today is only 3 To the editor: A great big what wecontributedto Timberpup thanks goes to the poor 50 years ago. Toastmasters of our community, ing the bullet and On Wednesday of a recent week, do these things, we they took the time out of their busy taxes. day to come and help our eighth If we are really grade students, winning the war on These students have been work- tighten our belts and ing hard on their end-of-the-year country with the Renaissance projects. After a stir- at home and abroad to ring speech, the students broke up Otherwise, as things go into groups with their mentors for a to worse, we have one-on-one~:time~ with,these kind but ourselves. foiga. :The adults mad studiantsa~Lke: ,h~ive "betra-yed our had a very exciting learning experi- wounded service ence. It is true that it does take a have given of their liveS: community to raise a child, have given so little Connie Pond and four others David C. of the Goldendale Middle School eighth grade teaching staff Bush not including women on abortion To the Editor: With all the argument recently There are more important To the Editor: After reading the about Roe v. Wade and the Gentry [see The this Women's March in Washington edition] and his medical DC, I can't get one image out of my I : must assume that head: That is, the signing of the ban C0unty has a lot of extra on partial birth abortion by If crime is so slow Gorge W. Bush. County that the Notably missing at the Department and the photo-op was the presence of Attorney's office have a single female, ter to do then waste Behind Mr. Bush were resources on a very rows.of Congressional repre- man, maybe those sentatives; all men! Is that need a really what female abortion By going after such opponents really want, a who is going to bunch of middle aged white ~ haired men deciding what and can't do with their ,You, not they can bodies? ff18 Eric Olsen the judge, Goldendale are the communi- We aren't serious are about fighting war ty. This is To the Editor: how they In every major war we have won, the American people have stopped been called upon to make signifi- witch cant sacrifices at home to support the war effort. When few,sacri- burning in rices were made at home, as in Korea and Vietnam, we found Sa]e[~, ourselves in protracted and unsuccessful conflicts. Our war ~ on terrorism is beginning to i~ resemble these conflicts. Goldendale area With only minor exceptions (air- desperate criminal port security, higher gas prices), streets because he may most of us continue to live our lives one, molest a child or'. as we have always done - without drugs at the grammar paying higher taxes or giving up by all means, put luxuries, and with no rationing of make society safe food, gas or other necessities. If you do Not only is the spirit lacking to threat the~ fight this war through to victory, that they but the resources are lacking, as if the judge gives well. Practically every homeland instructions.You, security program is underfunded, the community. We haven't financially provided for This is how they a peacekeeping force sufficient to burning in Salem. stabilized the civil unrest in Iraq. Some of our overseas troops are Las even having to buy their own sur-